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title: Recharge - How do I link my account?
sidebarTitle: Recharge
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# Overview

To authenticate with Recharge, you need:
1. **API Token** - A key that grants secure access to the API, enabling authorized applications to interact with Recharge resources and services.

This guide will walk you through generating the API Token within Recharge.

### Prerequisites:

- You must have an account with Recharge.

### Instructions:

#### Step 1: Generating Your API Token

1. Login to the Recharge merchant Portal.
2. Navigate to **Tools & apps** and click **API tokens**.
<img src="/integrations/all/recharge/tools_apps.png" />
3. On the following page, click **Create an API Token** to generate a new token for your store.
<img src="/integrations/all/recharge/create_api_token.png" />
4. Use the **Details** fields to set a name and contact email for the token.
<img src="/integrations/all/recharge/api_key_details.png" />
5. Select **No access, Read access**, or **Read and Write access** to set the scope permissions you'd like to grant the token.
<Tip>Some of the permissions are only accessible to specific plans i.e **Pro or Pro + Retain** plans.</Tip>
6. Click **Save** to create your token.

#### Step 2: Enter credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have the **API Token**:
1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Recharge.
2. Enter the **API Token** in the designated field.
3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.


<img src="/integrations/all/recharge/form.png" style={{maxWidth: "450px" }}/>

You are now connected to Recharge.
